hospital information exchange

Talk a Lot
Hospital – Which hospital would you close?
Student A
Ask and answer questions to complete the gaps, and find out information about four hospitals.
Which hospital would you give £5m extra funding to, and which one would you close? Why?

Location / Date Opened
Specialism
# Beds / # Staff / # Patient
Visits per Year

St. Cuthbert’s Green
Rural area / 1961

Teaching medical students
80 / 224 / 52,430

Avg. Waiting Time for Operations

7 months

Customer Satisfaction Level

*****

Avg. Waiting Time at A & E

No A & E department

Avg. Ambulance Response Time

8 mins

City University Hospital
Location / Date Opened
Specialism
# Beds / # Staff / # Patient
Visits per Year
Avg. Waiting Time for Operations

King’s Royal Infirmary

Penbrook and District
Suburbs / 1978

World-famous hand unit
850 / 2,561 / 285,150
5 months

Customer Satisfaction Level

*****

Avg. Waiting Time at A & E

55 mins

Avg. Ambulance Response Time

11 mins

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Student B
Ask and answer questions to complete the gaps, and find out information about four hospitals.
Which hospital would you give £5m extra funding to, and which one would you close? Why?
St. Cuthbert’s Green
Location / Date Opened
Specialism
# Beds / # Staff / # Patient
Visits per Year
Avg. Waiting Time for Operations

King’s Royal Infirmary
An average-sized city / 2000

Health Care of the Elderly

824 / 2,135 / 240,890
9 months

Customer Satisfaction Level

*****

Avg. Waiting Time at A & E

3 hours 40 mins

Avg. Ambulance Response Time

Location / Date Opened
Specialism

# Beds / # Staff / # Patient
Visits per Year

17 mins

City University Hospital
A major city / 1884

Maternity care
1,460 / 4,690 / 687,129

Avg. Waiting Time for Operations

11 months

Customer Satisfaction Level

*****

Avg. Waiting Time at A & E

2 hours 15 mins

Avg. Ambulance Response Time

Penbrook and District

9 mins

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Talk a Lot
Hospital
Information Exchange
Answers
Hospital – Which hospital would you close?
Task: “Ask and answer questions to complete the gaps, and find out information about four hospitals. Which hospital
would you give £5m extra funding to, and which one would you close? Why?”

Location / Date Opened
Specialism
# Beds / # Staff / # Patient Visits
per Year
Avg. Waiting Time for Operations
Customer Satisfaction Level
Avg. Waiting Time at A & E
Avg. Ambulance Response Time

Location / Date Opened
Specialism
# Beds / # Staff / # Patient Visits
per Year
Avg. Waiting Time for Operations
Customer Satisfaction Level
Avg. Waiting Time at A & E
Avg. Ambulance Response Time

St. Cuthbert’s Green
Rural area / 1961

Health Care of the Elderly
80 / 224 / 52,430

King’s Royal Infirmary
An average-sized city / 2000
Teaching medical students
824 / 2,135 / 240,890

9 months

7 months

*****

*****

No A & E department
17 mins

3 hours 40 mins
8 mins

City University Hospital
A major city / 1884
World-famous hand unit
1,460 / 4,690 / 687,129

Penbrook and District
Suburbs / 1978
Maternity care

850 / 2,561 / 285,150

5 months

11 months

*****

*****

2 hours 15 mins
11 mins

55 mins
9 mins

“Which hospital would you give £5m extra funding to, and which one would you close? Why?” Answers will vary. For
this activity students could imagine that they held a cabinet position in government, and had to decide the fates of
two of these hospitals. Ensure that they produce good reasons for their choices – why they would give funding to one
particular hospital, but not the others, and why they would close one particular hospital, but not the others. For
example: “I would give £5m extra funding to King’s Royal Infirmary, because I want them to continue their important
work teaching medical students.” And… “I would close St. Cuthbert’s Green, because you have to wait a long time to
have an operation, and the ambulance response time is too long.” Or… “Because it has the fewest staff…” Or… “I
wouldn’t close King’s Royal Infirmary because it’s a fairly new hospital.” [etc.]
Sample Questions

Sample Answers

Where is __________ located?
When did __________ open?

What is __________’s specialism?
How many beds does __________ have?
How many staff does __________ have?
How many people work at __________?
How many patients are treated at __________ per year?

In __________.
It opened in __________.
__________’s specialism is __________.
It has __________ beds.
It has __________ staff.
__________ people work at __________.
__________ patients are treated at __________ per
year.
__________.

What is the average waiting time for operations at
__________?
What is the customer satisfaction level at __________?
What is the average waiting time at A & E at
__________?
What is the average ambulance response time at
__________?

__________ out of five stars.
__________.
__________.

Examples
What is King’s Royal Infirmary’s specialism?

How many staff does Penbrook and District have?

King’s Royal Infirmary’s specialism is teaching medical
students.
It has 2,561 staff.

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Talk a Lot
Hospital
Information Exchange
What is the customer satisfaction level at St. Cuthbert’s
Green?
What is the average waiting time at A & E at City
University Hospital?
[etc.]

Four out of five stars.
Two hours fifteen minutes.

Extension: you could try to encourage some comparative/superlative questions and sentences too, for example:
Which hospital has the shortest waiting time at A & E?
Penbrook and District has…
Which is the oldest hospital?
City University Hospital is…
Which hospital has the highest customer satisfaction level? Penbrook and District has…
[etc.]

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